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Email Integration
The FaxPress Email Gateways Guide on page 1 provides a variety of fax and email
integration options, depending on the email environment. Serving as a link between the
FaxPress and your network's mail server, the Gateways allow fax messages to be sent and
received directly from a number of mail clients - Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Novell
GroupWise, as well as most SMTP compliant mail systems.
The FaxPress server's embedded Email Gateway service provides the added benefit of
running on the server rather than on a network workstation, and requires no software
installation.
Download the FaxPress Lotus Notes Integration Guide.
Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Environments
The FaxPress provides both server-based and client-based email integration options for
Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environments. The server-based option, FaxPress
Exchange Connector, is installed from the FaxPress CD and runs as a service on your
Exchange server. The client-based option, Outlook Direct, is also installed from the
FaxPress CD, but, as a service added to the user's Outlook email profile, does not require
an Exchange server.
The FaxPress Exchange Connector supports Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000/2003
servers. Once installed from the FaxPress CD, the FaxPress Exchange Connector is then
configured to use either the "Microsoft Exchange Connector Using SMTP" option or the
"Microsoft Exchange Connector Using MAPI" option of the FaxPress server's embedded
Email Gateway service. Both enable inbound and outbound faxing through Exchange,
synchronizing of the FaxPress and Exchange user databases, and use of the global address
book for faxing, as well as convenient server-side deployment. The FaxPress server's
embedded Email Gateway service provides an accurate conversion of attached files in
native formats to faxable images by invoking a background printing of attachments.
The FaxPress Outlook Direct service software provides a convenient, client-based way
for Microsoft Outlook users to send and receive faxes as easily as they send and receive
email, right from their Outlook client. The Captaris FaxPress Transport, a service added to
the user's email profile, connects Outlook directly to the FaxPress server. Client rather
than server-based, Outlook Direct has the ability to operate independently of an Exchange
server, making it ideal for smaller networks. Outlook Direct is not the ideal choice,
however, for a remote, dial-up or Virtual Private Network connection.
IBM Lotus Notes Environments
FaxPress and Lotus Notes Gateway integration links the Domino server and FaxPress
systems, allowing faxes to be sent and received right from the Notes client. Familiar Notes
commands are used to create, address, and send faxes, making fax messaging as simple
as sending a Notes memo. Fax features are available to both local and offsite FaxPress
users, and attached files can be sent to both fax and email recipients simultaneously.
The FaxPress architecture complements and extends the Lotus Notes/Domino functionality
without consuming critical resources, while convenient database synchronization of the
two systems simplifies administration.
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